IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN135035
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN135035
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - RA7935
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23223
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 40.3024306
  • Std. Longitude: -84.8869083
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet west and 2520 feet south of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN135—Randolph

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neely and Houghtby
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 35
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on till plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # RA79351
    B1T—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA79352
    B21T—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA79353
    B22T—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA79354
    B23T—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA79355
    B3—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 35 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # RA79356
    C—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay loam; massive; firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # RA79357